Application of Moldflow software in design of injection mold

Author

Longzhi, Zhao ; Binghui, Chen ; Min, Yang ; Shangbing, Zhang

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Conveyance & Equip., East China Jiaotong Univ., Nanchang, China

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 June 2010

Firstpage

243

Lastpage

245

Abstract

The filling process of plastic melts in the cavity of injection mold for the buckle in the automobile inner decoration was simulated based on the Moldflow software. The best gate location was obtained in this work, which ensures the product can be filled completely. Furthermore, the optimum design of gate location and number of plastic product were investigated. Based on the comparative analysis of gate, the single gate is superior to the double gate according to the distribution of air pocket and the weld line. In a word, the reasonable gate number and location ensure the injection mould work successfully, which decrease the manufacture cost.

Keywords

CAD; automotive engineering; injection moulding; plastic products; production engineering computing; Moldflow software; air pocket distribution; automobile inner decoration; double gate; filling process; gate location; injection mold design; single gate; weld line distribution; Application software; Automobiles; Computer aided engineering; Equations; Heat transfer; Injection molding; Laboratories; Plastic products; Software design; Welding; air trap; best gate location; injection mold; moldflow; weld line;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7737-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2010.5535705

Filename

5535705